Big pharma cuddles open-access publishers
According to a study, scientists from pharmaceutical trade publish a higher fraction of their papers open access than academics who…
Tag: Open Access
UC terminates negotiation with publishing giant Elsevier
As a leader in the universal movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California terminated its…
Editors at Elsevier Journal quit, started a rival open-access journal
The entire board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics surrendered on Thursday to protest over high open-access fees, confining access…
Elsevier authorize the Researchers to access its pay walled journals
The conflict between Elsevier, the world’s biggest publisher of scientific journals, and Germany’s entire university system has dragged on since…
Cambridge University Press accepts Open Access agreement
Cambridge University Press has reached a major Open Access contract with higher education and research institutions in Sweden. The three-year…
Wiley and Hindawi increase their open access publishing partnership
With Open Access turning into the shared vision of various governments worldwide and a specific concentration inside some European research…
Peter Lang converts eleven journals to Open Access publications
On 9th March, the publisher, Peter Lang has announced plans to make 11 of its subscription-based journals full open access.…
More than half of UK-authored research articles are made accessible
According to the report commissioned by Universities UK Open Access Coordination Group the share of UK research which is freely…